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No..785,608. I 7 PATIENTED MAR. 21, 1905. F. E. GOODMAN.

HORSE COLLAR ROLLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1904.

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HORSE COLLAR ROLLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOREST EDUARD GOODMAN, OF WAOO, TEXAS.

HORSE-COLLAR-ROLLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 785,608, dated March21, 1905. Application-filed September 1, 1904. Serial No. 223,036.

To crZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FOREST EDUARD GOOD- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Waco, in the county of McLennan and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Oollar-Rolling Machines; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for rollinghorse-collars.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character bywhich the flange or outer edge of the collar may be rolled and set outsimultaneously with the rolling, smoothing, and leveling of the outseamof the collar, means being provided whereby the pressure will be equallyapplied to both the seam and the flange or edge of the collar.

Another object is to provide means whereby the middle seam may be rolleddown and smoothed out, means being also provided whereby the pressure ofthe smoothing-rolls may be regulated.

A further object is to provide a machine of this character which will besimple, strong, and durable in construction and efiicient in operation,means being provided whereby the pressing-rolls may be separated topermit the insertion and removal of the collar between the same. Withthese and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novelfeatures of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as willbe more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sideelevation of acollar-rolling machine constructed in accordance with the invention.Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is anend elevation of the machine. Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse sectionalview on the line 4: 1 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a similar view on theline 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the main frame, which issuitably mounted upon a table or bench 2. The main frame 1 preferablyconsists of uprights or standards 3, which are spaced apart and arrangedin pairs, as shown. In the upper ends of the standards 3 is journ'aled ahorizontally-disposed main drive-shaft 4:. On the shaft 4:, midwaybetween the pairs of standards 3, is fixed a drive wheel or pulley 5, oneither side of which is fixed spur gear-wheels 6. On one end of theshaft 1 is fixed an outer seam and flange-roller 7, which is formed onits outer edge with an annular depression 8. On the opposite end of themain drive-shaft 4 is fixed a middle seam-roller 9,said roller beingconsiderably narrower than the outer seam-roller 7.

In each of the inner standards 3 is pivotally mounted a bearing-frame10, the outer ends of said frame extending through the outer standards3, said bearing-frames being adjustably supported upon cam-shaped ends12 of adjusting levers 13, which are pivotally mounted in bearing-lugsformed on the outer standards 3. The inner ends of the levers 13 areadapted to project inwardly through the inner standards 3 and haveconnected thereto the upper ends of rods or bolts 14, which projectthrough openings in the bench or table 2 and extend below the same. Onthe lower ends of said rods 14 are screwed adjusting-nuts 15, betweenwhich and the lower side of the bench are disposed coiled springs 16,the tension of which is only exerted to draw the inner ends of thelevers downwardly, thereby causing the cam ends 12 thereof to raise theupper ends of the bearing-frames 10. J ournaled in the bearing frames 10are counter-shafts 17, on the inner ends of which are fixed spurgear-wheels, which are adapted to mesh with the gear-wheels 6 of themain drive-shaft 4. On the opposite end of one of the counter-shafts 17adjacent to the roller 7, is fixed a roller 19, which is adapted toengage and coact with the roller 7 to press and roll the outer seams andflange of the collar. On the outer end of the other counter-shaftadjacent to the middle-seam roller 9 is fixed a roller 20, which isadapted to engage and coact with said roller 9 to roll and press themiddle seams of the collar. The rollers 19 and 20 are normally held orpressed into engagement with the rollers 7 and 9 on the main drive-shaft4 by means of the coiled springs 16 on the rods 14:, the pressure ofsaid rolls 19 and 20 being regulated by adjusting the nut 15 upon therods 14, thereby increasing or diminishing the tension of the springs16.

On the upper ends of the pivoted bearingframes 10 are formedoutwardly-projecting apertured lugs 21, with which are adapted to beconnected the upper ends of rods 22, the lower ends of which areconnected to coiled springs 28 and to the opposite ends of which areconnected upper ends of rods 24, which are in turn connected at theirlower ends to foot-levers or treadles 25. By pressing upon the treadleor foot-levers 25 the outer ends of the bearing-frames 10 will be drawndownwardly, thereby separating or disengaging the lower rolls 19 or 20from the rollers on the main shaft, thereby permitting the collar to beslipped in and adjusted between said rollers to bring the meshes andflanges of the collar in proper position to be rolled.

By forming the upper rollers 7 with an annular recess 8 the collar maybe so adjusted or arranged between said roller 7 and its coacting roller19 that an equal pressure Will be brought to bear upon both the flangeand outer seam of the collar, the increased thickness of the seamportion being compensated for by the recess of the roller 7, thuspermitting the pressure of the rollers to be evenly distributed ontosaid seamed portion and the flange, thereby simultaneously smoothing,rolling, and leveling out the seam and setting out the flange of thecollar. The construction of the middle-seam rollers on the opposite endsof the shafts is such that the middle seam of the collar will besmoothed out and rolled down, thereby lowering the stitching in such aWay as to prevent the same from being exposed and cut by the hame, thusprolonging the life and usefulness of the collar and requiring lessrepairing.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood Without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to Without'departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a collar-rolling machine, the combination of a drive-shaft, fixedbearings therefor, a counter-shaft, a pivoted bearing therefor,intermeshing gears on the said shafts, coacting rollers also on the saidshafts, a lever, a link including a spring connecting the pivotedbearings to the said lever, whereby the counter-shaft may be moved tocause its roller to move from that of the drive-shaft, a lever having acam-bearing under the free end of the pivoted bearing, a springconnected to the said lever, and means to vary the tension of the saidspring, said spring-pressed cam-lever normally acting to close theroller of the counter-shaft against the roller of the drive-shaft,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FOREST EDUARD GOODMAN.

Witnesses CLINT PADGITT, RoY Koos.

